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'NITED STATES PATENT FRANCIS H. RlCHARDS, OF SPRINGFIELD MASS ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO THE PRATT 8t WHITNEY COMPANY, OF HARTFORD, CONN.

MACHINE FOR COUNTING, PACKING, AND BANDING ENVELOPES.

BPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 340,243,dateol April 20,1886,

Application filed J uue 10, 1894. Serial No.134A80. (N model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANCIS H. RICHARDS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Springfield, in the county of Hampden, State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Counting, Packing, and Banding Envelopes and SimilarArticles, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying six sheets of drawings, forming a part thereof.

This invention relates to machinery for the counting and packing of envelopes, cards, papers, and similar articles into bunches of a given number and to the bandingbf the said bunches. 7

It has for its object to furnish mechanism adapted to take envelopesor other articles, as the case may beasthey are delivered from the usual envelope or other machines, to automatically count, pack into bunches, (in the case of envelopes usually of twenty-five each,) and to put bands on the said bunches, ready for boxing.

It consists in certain combinations of mechanism, which will first be described as when adapted for counting, packing, and banding envelopes in connection with the drawings, and then specifically pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of a machine embodying my invention for counting, packing, and handing envelopes. Fig. 2 is a side elevation ofthe same. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section in line X X, Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. 4 is an enlarged plan view of apart of Fig. 1, and Fig. 5 is an elevation showing the same parts as are shown in Fig. .2 and upon the same scale; Fig. 6, a view in elevation, taken in line Y Y, Fig. 1, of the parts shown in Figs. 4 and 5, which'figures are both drawn in projection thereto. Fig. 7 is an enlarged plan view of the counting mechanism; and Fig. 8 is an elevation of the same, partially in section, drawn in projection to Fig. 7. Fig. 9 is an enlarged plan view of another part of Fig. 1; and Fig. 10 is an elevation of the same in projection thereto. Fig.

11 is an enlarged vertical longitudinal section of the driving mechanism, the same parts being also shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6.

Fig. 12 is a plan view, partiallyin section, of a part which is called the shuttle, and Fig. 13 is an elevation of the same. Fig. 14 is an enlarged sectional view of a part of Fig. 12. Fig. 15 is a cross section in line 0 d, Figs. 12 and 13. Fig. 16 is a cross-section in line 6 f, Figs. 12 and 13. Fig. 17 shows four views in projection of the wedge of the shuttle. Figs. 18 to 25, both inclusive, illustrate the various positions of the shuttle during the op- 6 eration of the machine. Fig. 26 shows a part of Fig. 1 with mechanism for operating plunger J.

Similar letters refer to similar parts th roughout the several views.

5 A, Figs. 1 and 2, is a portion of the frame of an envelope-machine or other suitable bed for receiving the pieces which carry the oper-- ative parts of the machine. 7

A is the frame of the banding machine proper, secured to bed A, which has ways for a'shuttle-slide, and a number of bearings, substantially as shown, for shafts, studs, and a cutter-carrying ring.

A is the frame of the counting mechanism, forming also with the aid of the plunger D the box Q, Figs. 1 and 7, into which the envelopes are packed as they are counted. The envelopes are delivered from any suitable envelope-folding machine into the box at N, Fig. 8, being directed thereto by suitable guides, (not shown,) which belong to said folding-machine, from which point they are driven into the box at N by any suitable plunger or follower.

D represents such a plunger or follower, which also belongs to and is operated by the folding-machine, and is shown in its two extreme positions in Fig. 8, in one of which it is represented by solid lines and in the other by dotted lines. In thelatter position it forms one side of the said box.

I are books, which are pivoted to frame A for the purpose of keeping the envelopes from leaving the box by the entrance when once they are driven into it. It is not necessary that these hooks should be of any particular construction so long as they serve the purpose specified, and such as now used for similar purposes are generally suitable. One of r00 these hooks-preferably the oneshown in I Figs. 7 and 8is provided with a pallet, I,

acting to let off the escapement-wheel 1 which is driven from shaft S by means of gear G on said shaft and pinion G on said escapement-wheel. Shaft S is preferably driven by means ofsome suitable friction device, which,

as herein shown,'consistsof afriction-belt, B, which runs from some constantly-revolving pulley, as P, on the driving-shaft to the pulley P, which is fixed on said shaft S", said belt being only tight enough to convey the necessary amount of power to the escapment mechanism. This belt, being thus driven, acts through the gearing shown to keep theescapement-wheel constantly pressing upon thepallet.

Then when the plunger D pushes forward an envelope from N to N the said envelope lifts the hook carrying the pallet, and thereby allows the escapement-wheel to turn forward onehalf of one division, the falling of the said hook after the passage of the envelope allowing it to turn the remaining half of that division.

Wis a stop-wheel, which is carried upon shaft S. The object attained by the escapement mechanism above described is to connect any suitable lever or equivalent part, as the arm or hook I, to this stop-wheel in such a manner that each envelope entering the box will cause the wheel to turn forward a fixed amount, which, as herein shown, is intended to be the one seventy-fifth part ofa circle. The said wheel is divided by notchesV into three parts, each representing the packing of twenty-live envelopes, that being the number usuallypacked into one bunch. Whenever other sized bunches are to be made. this wheel and the escapment-gearing should be correspondingly constructed. This wheel has been described as a stop-wheel? because its otfice is to stop a plunger from driving the envelopes out of the box Q, except at those times when one of the notches V comes to a given position.

J is a plunger or slide, which is adapted to be reciprocated within the slide-case J (see Figs. 1 and 2) by suitable connections. hereinafter described, from the envelope-foldin g machine, these connections being such as to move said slide toward the right hand, as seen in Figs. 1 and 2, by a positive movement, and toward the left hand by a spring movement. The extreme end of this plunger, which enters the box Q, is madeto fill the said box closely, so that when said plunger makes its stroke toward the left hand, as in Fig. 19, it can drive out of that box all the envelopes packed therein. Throughout the rest of its length this plunger is made smaller than at that end, (see Fig. 8,) and has a rib, J, formed thereon fitted to slide through the notches of stopwheel WV. When the slide is at its extreme rigl hand positlon, (see Figs. 1, 7, and 18,) the end of tnis rib stands close to the righthand side of that wheel, so that said wheel may be revolved, as above described. A device consisting of lever L, supported upon a stud,J a pin, J, on slide J, for actuating said lever, and a rod, R, connected to said lever, is provided for the purpose of allowing the cam-shaft S of the banding mechanism to start i at the moment when the packed bunch of envelopes is driven out of box Q by slide J into the tubular box T, which is prepared to receive them, as hereinafter further described. During the operation of the envelope-folding machine, to which this counting and packing mechanism may be attached, owing to the connection from said machine to slide J being in some way made suitable therefor, the said slide J is, at each revolution of said machine, moved toward the right far enough to clear the stop-wheel W, for the purpose of allowing that wheel, through the action of the escapenient mechanism, to be revolved through the predetermined fixed distance above referred to. When the stop-wheel has been so moved, the said slide is allowed to commenceits stroke toward the left hand, as seen in Fig. 1, when it either rests against the side of that wheel, being thereby prevented from entering box Q, or, if that wheel has arrived at the proper position therefor, the rib J thereof passes through the notch V and allows the said slide to make a stroke from its position in Fig. 18 to its position in Fig. 19, this stroke taking place during the period of time while the plunger D stands in the position shown by dotted lines in Figs. 7 and 8, and being made, preferably, by a spring, as before mentioned.

In Fig. 26 I have shown in plan view mechanism substantially such as I now use for actuating plungers D and J. This mechanism is driven from shaft 3, which is the main camshaft of an envelope-machine. On said shaft are fixed two cams-4 for driving plunger D and 5 for driving plunger J. Cam 4 acts upon a roll, 6, fixed to a rod. 7, which is connected to the plunger D, and imparts thereto a reciprocating motion through its bearing 8.

Cam 5 acts upon a roll, 9, fixed to lever 10, which lever is pivoted at 11 to bracket 12, fixed on bed A. Said lever 10 is thus moved in one direction by cam 5, while spring 13 moves'it in the opposite direction.

Plunger J is connected to lever 10 by asimple link, 14. The lever 10 is shown in its outward'position by dotted lines, being thrown outward by cam 5 and inward by spring 13. An ordinary spring is to be provided (not shown in the drawings) for moving slide D, so as to keep roll 6 against cam 4.

It will be understood that cams 4 and 5 are to be so shaped as to impart the requisite movements to the plungers at the propertimes to operate them in harmony with the other parts of the machine.

Thus far in this specification I have only described those parts which constitute the counting and packing mechanisms, which mechanisms serve to prepare the envelopes for and to deliver them to the banding mechanism, this being the principal mechanism, to which the others are merely auxiliary. This banding mechanism I will now describe, first premising, however, as every mechanic will understand that some suitab1ewhich may be any suitable-operative mechanism may be and is to be provided for performing the various movements enumerated of the parts which are now to be described.

M is the frame-or body of a part of the machine, which Icall the shuttle, and which is the principal part of the banding mechanism. This shuttle terminates at its right-hand end in 'a tube, T, for receiving the bunch of envelopes from box Q, having a rectangular cross-section corresponding, approximately, to that of box Q, and at its -left-hand end in a wedge, W, Figs. 13 and 17.

In order to make the body of the shuttle as light as consistent with the strength required, and to provide room for the operative parts contained therein, it is made ofa trough-shaped form. (Shown best in Fig. 16.)

Within the tube T, which is usually made of tool-steel, is a piston, T, fitting it closely. and adapted to slide throughout the whole of said tube, which is beyond the frame M, for the purpose of pushing a bunch of envelopes out of said tube. Extending toward the left hand from said piston are two bars, T, which are provided with a friction-roller, R running against the frame M, and with two driven rollers, R not touching R"between which the reciprocating driving-roller R operates to impart asimilar motion to bars T", and through them to piston T. The stroke of this roll R is represented by line Z Z, Fig. 12, the said roller being carried in a suitable slide or its equivalent. (Not there shown.) The manner in which the bars T are driven by that roller is analogous to the manner in which a loomshuttle is driven by similarrollers, as illustrated in United States Patents No. 80,982. dated August 11, 1868, and No. 133,868, dated December 10, 1872, to whichreference may be had. The object of using this peculiar driving device is to allow the shuttle to beinclosed within a tube, of paper or of'otlier suitable material, from which the bands are to be afterward cut off without interfering with the reciprocation of the piston T. The said tube being flexible, in passing between rollers B and roller It offers no resistance to that mo' tion, except to cause all three rollers to turn upon their pivots.

The entire shuttle is supported between two sets of four rollers each. One set of these, near the middle of the shuttle, are geared together, as shown best in Fig. 3, and are the feeding-rollers for feeding a tube of paper over the shuttle,which they also hold in position. Tue other set, near the left-hand end,

as seen in Figs. 1, l2, and 13, are merely idlerrollers for steadying the shuttle, there being enough space between them and the shuttlebody to permit the free passage of the tube of band material.

M is the shuttle-slide, which is gibbed to bed A by gibs D, and is provided with two vertical frames, N N, one at each end thereof. Suitableoperativemechanismisprovided, as hereinafter described, for imparting to this slide a reciprocating motion. The frame N is provided with lugs for holding the pivots of the set of four steadying-rollers, R of which one, is above, one below, and one on each side of the shuttle. The frame Nis provided with bearings N for the shafts N of the feed-rollers R, the said shafts Nfour in number-being geared together by three pairs of bevel'gears, G (Shown in Figs. 1 and 2 and shown best in Fig. 3.) Some one of those shafts, in this instance the lower one, is provided with a ratchet-wheel, R which is acted upon by a pawl, J pivoted at J to a bracket, B,tl1a' is secured to one of the gibs D. These parts are shown best in Figs. 3, 9, and 10. It should be noted that when constructed as herein represented the pawl J works in a fixed position in the machine, and that the ratchet-wheel R is carried with the slide M", so that at the latter part of its left-hand stroke, when in about the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 10, one of its pins strikes the said pawl J turning said wheel through one division, as shown in said figure, thereby turning also all of the feed-rollers R, carrying forward whatever paper or other sheet material which may be between them and the shuttle. The feed-rollers R do not touch the body of shuttle M, but they run against other rollers which are placed within spaces formed in the shuttlebody. The arrangement of these other rollers is shown in Figs. 12, 13, 14, and 15. At the upper and lower edge of the shuttle-body, and at one side, at the right hand in Fig. 15, there is in each place a single roller, R At the other side, at the left hand in Fig. 15, there are two rollers, R, which are situated relative totheirroller Rflsimilarly asthe rollers R" are situated relative to their driving-roller R, and for a similarpurpose, as hereinbefore described. By means of these two rollers B one ofthe feedingollers R not only acts in conjunction with the others to support the shuttlein a fixed vertical and lateral position and to feed a sheet of paper, but it also acts, by reason of itsposition,partially between said rollers R, as shown in Fig. 14, to control the longitudinal position of said shuttle.

It will now be obvious from the drawings, the references cited, and the preceding description how the said shuttle is entirely supported upon and by a system of rollers; how the piston T can be operated while the shuttle is wrapped in a sheet of paper, and how that paper may be fed through between rollers R and rollers R and R", while the position of the shuttle itself remains unchanged. object sought to be attained by so constructing the shuttle airdtlie other mechanism described as to secure those results is to permit the use, for the making of envelope-bands, of a tube of paper previously prepared, which may be fed over the said shuttle, and thereby over the The bunch of envelopes therein contained, and I desired movements of the essential parts of from the end of which the bands may be cut off as required. This tube when made is wound upon a reel, from which it is led to the wedge W, for opening it from a flat tube into a rectangular one,- then drawn over the shuttle under the rollers R then between roll R and rollers R, then conducted along to and between the feed-rollers'and rollers R and R", and by these is pushed forward to the end of tube T, where it is out off into bands, as required, by a mechanism which I will now describe.

A is a frame, which is preferably secured to bed A, but which might be placed on bed A, if desired. This frame has a large circular opening wherein is fitted the cutter-carrying ring A which ring surrounds the tube T, as shown best in Figs. 4, 5, and 6. That ring is held in place by a circular gib, A, and is rotated by means of teeth T formed thereon and gearing into the spur-wheelG r The ring A is bored to receive a short shaft, S for carrying the cutter-arm A This arm at one end is provided with a stud, S for carrying the roiary cutter 0', having a cylindrical part, 0 upon one side thereof. a spring, S being pro vided to keep this cutter against said arm, eX- except when it is in use cutting off a band, as shown in Fig. 13. At its other end this arm is formed into a camshaped hook, H, which, by coming against the sliding stop H performs the double office of holding the cutter O away from tube T and preventing the further rotation of ring A holding itin the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 6. \Vhen the stop H is slid out from within the hook H by a cam provided for that purpose, the shuttle being in the proper position and the paper tube pro'ecting the width of one envelope-band beyond the end of tube T, the arm A is then swung upon shaft S by means of a spring or equivalent device (not shown) until the cylindrical part 0' of the rotary cutter strikes the side of the said tube T in position longitudinally. (Shown in Fig. 13.) At the same instant the ring A is started revolving, the spring referred to all the while keeping the cutter against the tube T, which tube is immediately moved forward to the position shown in Fig. 4, pressing against cutter G, which cutter then acts as a shear to sever the paper at the end of said tube. This being done, the several parts are returned to their previous positions preparatory to the further operations hereinafter described.

Ihave now given, embodied in the preceding part of this specification, a description of the construction and functions of all that which I consider an essential part of my present invention, together with a description of the more immediate accessories to the same; but it is obvious that, in order to render those mechanisms operative, some suitable driving machinery is required. This may be any arrangement of shafts, cams, levers, and gearing, or of other parts suitable to produce the the machine, and it is within the capacity of any mechanic skilled in this class of machinery to design the same. For these reasons I do not in my claims limit the combinations to driving machinery of any particular form, as I may use any form thereof adapted or convenient for the purpose. Notwithstanding this, however, and in order to more clearly illustrate my invention and its operation, I have shown one arrangement of driving machinery, which may be taken as the type of a class, and which I will now describe.

S is the driving'shaft of the machine, receiving continuous rotary motion by means of a pulley, P", on one end thereof, and near its other end having the pulley P, hereinbefore referred to, for driving the escapelnent mechanism. This shaft is supported in any suitable bearings which may be formed on bed A, substantially as shown in Figs. 1,2,3,and 6,aud it is provided with a friction'disk, D keyed thereto by key K, Fig. 11, for the purpose of communicating rotary motion to sleeve S,

' this being accomplished by means of a flange,

F, fixed to said sleeve, flange F, screws F, and friction-washers F these parts together constituting a well-known form of frictional driving mechanism.

G is a gear loosely fitted upon sleeve S, which is'driven therefrom by means of a frictional driving device similar to thatjust described, consisting of a flange, F, which is formed on said sleeve, flange F nut F, and frictionwashers F. be tightened sufficiently to drive the cuttercarrying ring A", but not so much as to over come the power of thefirst one, as that has to drive the cam-shaft while said ring is stopped. The gear G meshes with one, G, which is fixed to the gear G, before referred to, these latter gears being supported by and'revolving on a stud, S, which is fixed into a lug extending from frame A, as shown best in Fig. 6.

S is the cam-shaft, which is supported in bearings similar to those supporting shaft S, and is driven from sleeve S by means of a gear, G, on said shaft, which meshes with a pinion, G on said sleeve.

0 is a cam on that shaft for operating the sliding stop H", and it is provided with an abutment, B against which the end of rod R acts to arrest the motion of the cam-shaft at the moment when the tube T is in proper position to receive a packed bunch of envelopes from box Q, this position being that shown in Fig. It will be remembered that this rod R is operated through lever L from slide J, so as to allow the camshaft to start at the moment when the said hunch is driven into said tube. Said rod R is to be provided with an ordinary spiral or equivalent spring, (not shown,) so connected to the frame as to move the rod toward the left hand in Figs. 1 and 2, to engage with the abutment B". Thus the starting and stopping of said shaft are both controlled through that rod.

This friction device must se ate O is a cylinder or cam in which is formed I ents No. 177,048 or No. 248,564, to which reftwo cam-grooves, O and O Groove G acts through-roll O and bracket B to operate slide M said bracket being secured to frame N on said slide. Groove G acts through roll 0 on stud O and slide 8*, to operate the drivingroller Rflwhich operates the piston T, as hereinbefore described. These two cam-grooves are to be made of a form adapted to impart the required movements to the slides M and S.

The operation of my envelope counting, packing, and handing machine is as follows:

.The envelopes are delivered from the foldingmachine, usually from the endlessapron thereof, to the point N in front of plunger D. This plunger then moves forward, driving the envelope into box Q, as shown at N Fig. 8, passing, en route, under the hooks I, thereby operating the pallet 1 and allowing the stop wheel WV to move forward one division, as hereinbefore referred to. These operations continue until a bunch of the required sizeusually twenty-fivehas been packed, when the notch V allows the slide J to make its stroke and drive the bunch E out of box Q into tube T, which tube then stood, as shown in Fig. 18, ready to receive it. At the completion of said stroke of slide T the parts stand in the position shown in Fig. 19, the bunch being entirely inclosed within the tube, and the entire shuttle, together with that tube being inclosed within a paper or other tube, T, from which the bands B are to be cut off. The slide M now carries the shuttle back to the position shown in Fig. 20, when the-ratchet J begins to act to turn the feed-rollers R, as

efore described, so that as the slide moves to its position in Fig. 21 the paper will be fed out over the end of tube T, as shown in this figure. The end of this tube now stands relative to cutter C longitudinally, as shown in Fig. 13. (Jam C now withdraws stop H from hook II, the roller C drops onto the tube, and the ring A begins to rotate. Tube T is now immediately carried forward to its position in Fig. 22, and the cutter. which then rests against the end of it, as in Fig. 4, passes two or three times around the tube, cutting off a band, B, as shown in Fig. 23. The cam then returns stop H, which lifts the cutter from the tube and stops the rotation of ring A The piston T is now pushed forward, driving the banded bunch out of the tube, as shown in Fig. 24, letting it fall out of the way, when the parts are moved into the position shown in Fig. 25, which are the same as those in Fig. 18.

It is not necessary to the proper operation of my new banding mechanism that the bunch of articles to be banded shall have been counted or packed by the mechanism which I have described for those purposes; and any other suitable devices may be substituted for them in combination with my said banding mechanism. I may use a counting mechanism with or without a registering mechanism, such as shown and described in United States Paterence may be had; and I may use a packing apparatus substantially like that described in United StatesPatent No. 66,87 6, to which reference may be had.

The tubes T, Figs. 18 and 25, which are to be cut up into bands, are to be formed upon suitable tube-machines such as used in the manufacture of paper bagsand kept in stock ready for use. bands by cutting them off from a tube as they are wanted avoids the use of gum in a band ing-machine and all the annoyances arising therefrom, such as spattering the gum onto the envelopes or the sticking of the bands to the bunch of envelopes, owing to the imperfect lapping of the band. Besides this the bands can be more perfectly stuck together when that is done in a good tube-machine. The cutter O is not necessarily a rotary one, but it may be rigidly fixed to arm A, or even formed integral therewith; but I prefer the construction shown,.becaus.e, in my opinion, it

operates more effectually and with less wear.

In this application I make no claim to the method of banding envelopes carried out by the improved machine hereinbefore described, having described and claimed said method in aseparate application, which I am about to file.

Having thus described my invention, I elaim 1. The combination, in an envelope-countiug mechanism, of a packing box adapted to receive envelopes, means, substantially as described, for putting envelopes into said box one at a time, a plunger, substantially as described, adapted to push said envelopes laterally in said box, an intermittently-moving stop constructed to arrest the action of said plunger during the packing of a given number of envelopes, and escapement mechanism, substantially as described, operating said stop This method of making the from the envelopes passing into the box, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, in an envelope-counting mechanism, of a box, Q, plunger D, and the hook or arm I, having thereon a pallet, 1 wheels I and NV, gearing connecting said wheels, and plunger J, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination ofbox Q. plunger D, plunger J, and tube T, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination, in an envelope counting and packing mechanism, of shuttle M, having tube '1, means, substantially'as described, for supporting said shuttle, and band cutting-off mechanism, arranged and operating substantially as set forth.

5. The combination, with a suitable framework, of ring A shaft S, arm A, carryingstud S cutter G, constructed to revolve and slide on said stud, and spring S all arranged to operate substantially as set forth.

6. The combination, with tube T, ofaframe, as A, ring A shaft 8*, arm A having the rotary cutter C and hook H and stop H, 1 part, as O, with a lug, B, substantially-as [5 whereby said cutter is first swung away from said tube and then said ring held from rotation, substantially as set forth.

7. The combination ofa frame, as A, ring A, shaft S, arm A, having a cutter, C, and hook H, stop 11, and cam O, substantially as set forth.

8. The combination of tube T, ring A arm A, having stud S rotary cutter 0, having rollers 0 and spring S, substantially as set forth.

9. The combination of plunger J having a pin, J, lever L, rod R, and shaft S, having a set forth.

10. The combination of a shuttle, M, having tube T, slide M having devices, substantially as described, for carrying said shuttle,

piston T, having rollers R slide S, the cam zo 0, provided with cam-grooves O and 0, connections from one of said grooves to slide S and from the other to slide M, substantially as set forth.

- FRANCIS H. RICHARDS.

Vitnesses:

C. O. PALMER, H. F. L. OROUTT. 

